It then flourished and turned into a significant trading point, but its growth was eventually hindered by the Second Northern War and the Swedish Deluge. The city was transferred to Prussia after the first partition of Poland in 1772.
Elbląg is also known for its archaeological sites, museums and the largest brewery in the country. The Elbląg Canal, built in 1825–44 under Prussia, is a tourist site of Elbląg.
The main goods of Truso were amber, furs, and slaves. Archaeological finds in 1897 and diggings in the 1920s placed Truso at Gut Hansdorf.
The main goods of Truso were amber, furs, and slaves. Archaeological finds in 1897 and diggings in the 1920s placed Truso at Gut Hansdorf.
Traffic of smaller vessels at Elbląg is within the river and very marginal, while larger vessels cannot reach the open Baltic Sea because the channel, once built in East-Prussia to go through the peninsula, has belonged to Russia since 1945.
The city became part of Poland in 1945 and was repopulated with Polish citizens. The seaport of Truso was first mentioned ca.
It is the capital of Elbląg County and has been assigned (since 1999) to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
Parts of the inner city were gradually rebuilt, and around 2000 rebuilding was begun in a style emulating the previous architecture, in many cases over the same foundations and utilizing old bricks and portions of the same walls.
The canal was also named one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii) in 2011.
Elbląg (; Elbing; Old Prussian: Elbings) is a city in northern Poland on the eastern edge of the Żuławy region with 119,317 inhabitants (December 2019).
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